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Jack's Flow posted:I was afraid to say anything, because I thought I missed some sort of joke. But that looks like a third world country alright. Also, as someone who has never been to a baseball game: why would there be a pool inside the ballpark? Because it rules to have quirky, weird things about your ballpark, and a pool past the CF wall is a lot less likely to disintegrate an ankle than Houston's 45-degree hill in the outfield.
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Apr 28, 2013 22:12
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zakharov posted:Because kids get bored. The sandbox past the fence in PetCo seems ill advised though, I saw dingers landing there and the people who are over there don't pay any attention to whats going on at all. It was the good feeling of seeing a dinger fly with ohshitohshit look ouuuuut at the end.
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Jack's Flow posted:I was afraid to say anything, because I thought I missed some sort of joke. But that looks like a third world country alright. Also, as someone who has never been to a baseball game: why would there be a pool inside the ballpark? To allow you to watch a baseball game from an outfield pool; to charge people a lot of money to watch a game from the outfield pool.
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Apr 28, 2013 23:26
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To add to the Rangers Ballpark in Arlington talk, some of the worst seats for a night game are the third level in deep LF. The way those last few sections are oriented, you're looking straight at home plate, but you're also looking directly into the sun as it sets behind home plate. If you're going to risk venturing into sections 301-306 for a night game, a baseball cap is basically mandatory until the sun sets just to keep it out of your eyes.
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Apr 29, 2013 05:35
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ALFbrot posted:Because it rules to have quirky, weird things about your ballpark, and a pool past the CF wall is a lot less likely to disintegrate an ankle than Houston's 45-degree hill in the outfield. The cool thing about MMP is actually the homerun train 
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Apr 29, 2013 05:44
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William T. Hornaday posted:I think that's just St. Louis in general. Passing out from heat exhaustion seems to be something that people enjoy doing with great frequency around here, whether it's at Busch or anywhere else. To be fair, nobody enjoys it, its just hard to avoid. Nothing like getting into your car in the summer, blasting the AC, and still sweating through your shirt though 
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Apr 29, 2013 05:45
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Have you ever experienced extreme back sweat? If not we can catch Cardinals game in August.
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Apr 29, 2013 06:00
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leokitty posted:The cool thing about MMP is actually the homerun train Trick question! There is nothing cool about MMP.
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Apr 29, 2013 06:04
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I still have never been anywhere that makes me wistful for a Minnesota August day. 100 degrees and 80 percent humidity, it's like living in a sauna.
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IcePhoenix posted:I still have never been anywhere that makes me wistful for a Minnesota August day. 80 percent humidity sounds refreshing
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Apr 29, 2013 06:17
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goddamn living in Southern California owns
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MLB Ballparks - The Midwest is the worst place on earth that isn't Queens
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Apr 29, 2013 06:33
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ALFbrot posted:Trick question! There is nothing cool about MMP. It was cool when the centerfield hill allowed a guy who ran onto the field to escape security
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ElwoodCuse posted:It was cool when the centerfield hill allowed a guy who ran onto the field to escape security Yeah that was pretty sweet https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clhpgsZhWg0
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Xenophon posted:goddamn living in Southern California owns no come on I totally miss the seashahahahahahhahahhahahahhahahahahahahha
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Xenophon posted:goddamn living in Southern California owns  
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Akileese posted:Thanks for the Arlington info guys. I'm moving to Euless next month to escape the Northeast and was looking for write ups. Is July/August completely off the table even at night or are only the day games insufferable? I usually go to day games because I'm insane. The positive thing is during the week the crowds aren't as bad obviously. I usually try to make sure it's a Darvish start so it's worth it. Sort of. Also, since we have plenty of write-ups, but no pictures yet:  
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Xenophon posted:goddamn living in Northern California owns Fixed that for ya
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May 1, 2013 19:35
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seiferguy posted:
Anytime you have the chance to sit in King's Court, it is 100% worth it. I had my first King's Court experience this year and it is entirely different from the rest of the stadium. It almost makes the game feel like a playoff game. The energy is just off the charts, even if they are playing a crappy team.
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bradzilla posted:Also the AL West is still sorely lacking in write-ups. Surely we have some AL West goons to do the needful? I'll do one for the Coliseum some time this week but to sum what I'll be saying: it's pretty much a dump but their beer selection is top notch and their grounds crew is pretty solid (so the field usually looks great).
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Scruffy the janitor posted:Also, since we have plenty of write-ups, but no pictures yet: I always thought those luxury boxes in center field were dumb as hell, how can you see anything from there? Although I guess no one in luxury boxes watches the game anyway.
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May 2, 2013 06:23
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ElwoodCuse posted:I always thought those luxury boxes in center field were dumb as hell, how can you see anything from there? Although I guess no one in luxury boxes watches the game anyway. Those aren't luxury boxes, it's an office building. The majority of the Rangers org and some other businesses are out of there. I know that a radio station used to have their studio out there.
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May 2, 2013 12:57
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Can someone do The Great American Ballpark in Cincinnati? I'm thinking of catching a game there in two weeks.
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ElwoodCuse posted:I always thought those luxury boxes in center field were dumb as hell, how can you see anything from there? Although I guess no one in luxury boxes watches the game anyway. I sat in one of the luxury boxes on the far side of the Alameda Coliseum once. They would probably be decent seats in a Raiders game but they were hilariously bad for baseball. We were probably at least 450 feet from home plate.
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May 2, 2013 22:52
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I just heard on MLB.TV that the Braves have a game-used memoribilia store at Turner Field. That's really cool. Any other teams do this?
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May 3, 2013 00:49
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MondayHotDog posted:I just heard on MLB.TV that the Braves have a game-used memoribilia store at Turner Field. That's really cool. Any other teams do this?
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MondayHotDog posted:I just heard on MLB.TV that the Braves have a game-used memoribilia store at Turner Field. That's really cool. Any other teams do this? The Pirates have one too. I would imagine the majority of teams do.
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May 3, 2013 00:53
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Joe Don Baker posted:The Pirates have one too. I would imagine the majority of teams do. Yeah, MLB has people with those hologram stickers at I think almost every game now. It's quite a mix of the interesting and mundane.
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May 3, 2013 07:23
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The Giants have one of those ("From the Clubhouse") behind home plate on the promenade level. Speaking of AT&T again, I just noticed that the their stadium map has a "specialty" (ballpark quirk/attraction) titled "Crazy Crab The 'Anti-Mascot'" on Section 215. Since I've never bought Club Level seats, I don't know if this is just a tribute on the wall, or the actual guy in the suit, or what; but Crazy Crab was a troll that Giants marketing thought up in the 80s. Somebody had an idea to satire the mascot trend by making the most obnoxious character anyone had seen and playing it straight-faced as a new mascot even though it would be hated by the grittier, blue-collar crowds of the Candlestick age. It's kind of a flawed concept because inebriated morons buy into the idea too far and plunked it with drinks and crap. They eventually cancelled the crab (they stopped short of an idea to kill it via dropping a dummy out of a helicopter to splat onto the field), changed owners, and joined the mascot bandwagon seriously. The guy who plays Lou Seal has the record for the most consecutive number of appearances without taking a break, so he works hard at it, but I would have to say that the Crab is the hipster choice of mascots. Sometime I'll have to buy a club level seat way down by the bases and go see what that's all about. Craptacular! fucked around with this message at 08:24 on May 3, 2013 |
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ElwoodCuse posted:I always thought those luxury boxes in center field were dumb as hell, how can you see anything from there? Although I guess no one in luxury boxes watches the game anyway. As mentioned, they're not luxury boxes, they're offices. However, I have actually watched a game from one of those offices. My mom's company owned one of those boxes and invited employees and family out to go see them play the Yankees in Game 3 of the first round of the 1998 playoffs. They're really not great. The view is worse than you'd get sitting in the center field bleachers and you have no access to ballpark concessions because you're not actually in the ballpark, just the office complex. Then to top it all off, the Yankees broke the game open in the sixth by scoring 4 runs, just before some crazy thunderstorms roll in that caused a 3.5 hour delay (which we did not stay through). I also have another story of bad luxury box seating, as a company I worked for decided that they were going to buy tickets for a Rangers game, and someone talked the boss into upgrading to a suite. Apparently, they got a good deal on it, and once in the box, I could see why. It was the last suite on that level, all the way out in LF, and the angle at which it's positioned means that your view of home plate is obstructed by the foul pole. But, hey, at least beers were free.
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The Cardinals have a game-used store, too. Craptacular! posted:Somebody had an idea to satire the mascot trend by making the most obnoxious character anyone had seen and playing it straight-faced as a new mascot even though it would be hated by the grittier, blue-collar crowds of the Candlestick age. It's kind of a flawed concept because inebriated morons buy into the idea too far and plunked it with drinks and crap. Don't forget the 80's White Sox mascots Ribbie and Roobarb, who were so aggressively hated that it apparently became a thing for kids to kick them after they were done with photos. Not that Southpaw is much better. What is he supposed to be, anyway? EDIT: okay I'm looking at the list of MLB mascots, and is the Rays mascot seriously DJ kitty? Where on earth did that come from? Boxman fucked around with this message at 15:27 on May 3, 2013 |
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Boxman posted:EDIT: okay I'm looking at the list of MLB mascots, and is the Rays mascot seriously DJ kitty? Where on earth did that come from? Rally Monkey spawned a child with Mariners Cheezburger Night. EDIT: While on the subject of mascots, I want to mention that Stomper the A's mascot has to be the best dancer in a character costume anywhere. Stadium, theme park, you name it. Craptacular! fucked around with this message at 16:03 on May 3, 2013 |
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May 3, 2013 15:57
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Someone with the Reds needs to settle down and pick one mascot. They have three different mascots right now, and that just ain't right.
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May 3, 2013 17:16
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Meltathon posted:Someone with the Reds needs to settle down and pick one mascot. They have three different mascots right now, and that just ain't right. No they need both Mr. and Mrs. Redlegs. That other thing can go though.
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May 3, 2013 17:18
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That goddamn monkey is still shown on the screen at Angels games (accompanied by music from motherfucking Disturbed) and it is the most embarassing and hilarious thing. People go nuts too.
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May 3, 2013 17:19
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if you're hating on Mr. Redlegs then you're dead to me
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May 3, 2013 17:24
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Meltathon posted:Someone with the Reds needs to settle down and pick one mascot. They have three different mascots right now, and that just ain't right. I'd vote for a guy in a big fat Stalin mascot costume, and he'd ride around the park on an ATV fitted to look like a little Soviet tank. Too soon?
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May 3, 2013 17:32
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Stalin is good at getting rid of other mascots. Also, two mascots is ok if they're married, I don't want these mascots living in sin, or some weird Odd Couple thing going on. Edit: You can tell that Mr. and Mrs. Redlegs are embarrassed of monster thing here. 
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DTaeKim posted:Can someone do The Great American Ballpark in Cincinnati? I'm thinking of catching a game there in two weeks. I'll do it when I get home later. I've been going to games there for almost 10 years and worked there for one season so I've been pretty much everywhere in the ballpark.
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